Novo Nordisk recalls

Novo Nordisk has 18 recalls on record with the FDA and USDA, the earliest in 2016 and the latest reported on 7 Jan 2026. 2 are still ongoing. 2 were reported in the last 12 months. The most frequent reason is temperature abuse.

Total recalls18since 2016

Last 12 months2reported

Class I1161% of total

Ongoing2latest 7 Jan 2026

Recalls per month, last 24 months

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0Oct '24 0 0 0Jan '25 0 0 0Apr 0 0 0Jul 0 0 0Oct 0 0 2Jan '26 0 0 0Apr 0 0 0Jul 0 0

Severity split

Class I 11 61%Class II 7 39%Class III 0 0%

Why novo nordisk is recalled

Product types

Brands

By year

2026211%
20211372%
201716%
2016211%

Ongoing novo nordisk recalls

2 active

Reported	Class	Recall	Company	Reason	Where
7 Jan 2026Drug	CLASS II	Wegovy (semaglutide) Injection, 5 mg/-Dose Prefilled Pens recalled	Novo Nordisk	Particulate Matter	Nationwide
7 Jan 2026Drug	CLASS II	Wegovy (semaglutide) Injection, 1 mg/-Dose Prefilled Pens recalled	Novo Nordisk	Particulate Matter	Nationwide

All novo nordisk recalls, newest first

18 total

Reported	Class	Recall	Company	Reason	Where
7 Jan 2026Drug	CLASS II	Wegovy (semaglutide) Injection, 5 mg/-Dose Prefilled Pens recalled	Novo Nordisk	Particulate Matter	Nationwide
7 Jan 2026Drug	CLASS II	Wegovy (semaglutide) Injection, 1 mg/-Dose Prefilled Pens recalled	Novo Nordisk	Particulate Matter	Nationwide
21 Apr 2021Drug	CLASS I	Tresiba FlexTouch (insulin degludec injection)/mL recalledTresiba	Novo Nordisk	Temperature Abuse	Nationwide
21 Apr 2021Drug	CLASS I	NovoLog (Insulin aspart) Injection/mL (U-100) recalled by Novo NordiskInsulin Diluting Medium For Novolog	Novo Nordisk	Temperature Abuse	Nationwide
21 Apr 2021Drug	CLASS I	Tresiba FlexTouch (insulin degludec injection)/mL recalledTresiba	Novo Nordisk	Temperature Abuse	Nationwide
21 Apr 2021Drug	CLASS I	Fiasp FlexTouch (insulin aspart injection)/mL recalled by Novo NordiskFiasp	Novo Nordisk	Temperature Abuse	Nationwide
21 Apr 2021Drug	CLASS I	Fiasp (insulin aspart injection)/mL (U-100) recalled by Novo NordiskFiasp	Novo Nordisk	Temperature Abuse	Nationwide
21 Apr 2021Drug	CLASS I	Levemir FlexTouch (insulin detemir) injection/mL recalled	Novo Nordisk	Temperature Abuse	Nationwide
21 Apr 2021Drug	CLASS I	Xultophy 100/3.6 (insulin degludec recalled by Novo NordiskXultophy 100/3.6	Novo Nordisk	Temperature Abuse	Nationwide
21 Apr 2021Drug	CLASS I	Fiasp PenFill (insulin aspart injection)/mL recalled by Novo NordiskFiasp	Novo Nordisk	Packaging Defects	Nationwide

About this list

Records come from FDA enforcement reports and USDA FSIS notices, grouped by normalised name. A company operating under several names may appear more than once.